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Easily digestible tech news....Re: FCC Net Neutrality backers neutralizes their own arguments against TPPhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150227/02573230156/is-america-about-to-experience-billion-dollar-pain-corporate-sovereignty-first-hand.shtml#c458
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:43:57 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150227/02573230156/is-america-about-to-experience-billion-dollar-pain-corporate-sovereignty-first-hand.shtml#c458https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/07014530180/should-punishment-falsely-accusing-people-crime-match-punishment-crime-itself.shtml#c596
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:43:45 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/07014530180/should-punishment-falsely-accusing-people-crime-match-punishment-crime-itself.shtml#c596https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c187
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:42:23 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c187"plausible deniability"]]>Re: Ignorancehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150301/07242630172/australian-secretary-defense-not-concerned-about-phone-hack-doesnt-think-people-want-to-spy-his-phone.shtml#c371
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:41:39 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150301/07242630172/australian-secretary-defense-not-concerned-about-phone-hack-doesnt-think-people-want-to-spy-his-phone.shtml#c371I blame the Boardhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/08563830196/connecticut-town-takes-down-painting-including-image-mother-teresa-over-ip-challenges.shtml#c14
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:41:13 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/08563830196/connecticut-town-takes-down-painting-including-image-mother-teresa-over-ip-challenges.shtml#c14https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c222
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:41:09 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c222Are there also apps to check a cell ID (tower ID) against a map? That would seem to be a give-away as well.]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c183
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:38:37 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c183Do what I say, not what I dohttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c20
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:37:48 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c20Assuming the conversation wasn't simply the two of them having a hearty chuckle over their respective plans to undermine security, the Chinese president almost certainly pulled a muscle or two not laughing in Obama's face(or likely over the phone) when Obama delivered the 'Now if you keep doing the same thing we're doing, there's going to be problems' ultimatum.

Really, it's no wonder it's so rare to see a politician with a sense of humor, not bursting out laughing at such hypocritical demands has got to take either utter self-control, or a complete lack of humor.]]>Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1341
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:30:02 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1341"Greed isn't a problem," except that greed is what buys votes in Congress to get us to the point where there is little to no competition in ISPs in most regions of the US. Greed gets us state laws written by ISP lobbyists that bar local municipalities from competing.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121019/17344420768/its-finally-over-8-years-mattel-vs-bratz-no-ones-getting-paid-lawyers.shtml#c260
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:29:29 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121019/17344420768/its-finally-over-8-years-mattel-vs-bratz-no-ones-getting-paid-lawyers.shtml#c260https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c162
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:25:40 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c162'risk vs. reward' assessment and came to the conclusion that using an illegal external email account --even if getting caught-- still had less downside than facing the other alternative: that if the rules were followed, revealing the contents of government property emails could get them in even deeper trouble.

Also, the Bush regime established a clear precedent, that government documents, from missing White House emails to Guantanamo torture videos, could be illegally destroyed and kept from the public without anyone getting so much as a slap on the wrist for breaking the law.

It's also becoming clearer why Obama failed to press charges against the last administration's crimes -- he wanted to leave himself open the possibility of doing the same kind of skullduggery that he once railed against before he took office.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c155
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:21:30 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c155Re: Why the "scare" quoteshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c136
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:19:26 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c136Ask the average person today about Bill Clinton's troubles as President, and they'll talk about him getting impeached for getting a blowjob. They might know Monica Lewinsky's name, or (depending on their political persuasion) remember that the actual reason he was impeached was lying under oath.

But how many remember the rest of his presidency? How many remember how it was one long string of scandals from beginning to end? How many remember Hillary being in the thick of most of it because they involved shady business deals the Clintons (both of them) were mixed up in?

How many remember how weary the American people were after 8 years of that, to the point where, when a moron with a criminal record came by and campaigned on a promise to "restore dignity to the White House," we voted him in just for a change of scenery?

Yeah. And how did that work out for us? Anyone really want to go back to that? I know I don't!

Are we ready for a woman President? Sure, but please, for the love of all that is good, not THAT woman!]]>Re: I've made this observation before, but it bears repeating:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150228/07025430169/late-friday-white-house-announces-that-fisa-court-has-rubberstamped-nsa-phone-record-collection-while-insisting-it-wants-reform.shtml#c461
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:18:41 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150228/07025430169/late-friday-white-house-announces-that-fisa-court-has-rubberstamped-nsa-phone-record-collection-while-insisting-it-wants-reform.shtml#c461Your observation, in any event, reminds me of an old Doonesbury (which I can't find anywhere on the 'net). Let's just say the punchline was along the lines of "Libertarians? They want the guns, the pot, and hookers, too."]]>Dealbreaker for mehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c116
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:17:59 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c116?https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c849
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:15:34 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c849Has anyone bothered to ask Nokia's CEO how these self-driving cars are going to prevent collisions in tunnels?

Because I have yet to drive through a tunnel where I have any internet connection at all...]]>Cybersecurityhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120719/16090619768/new-cybersecurity-bill-may-actually-take-privacy-concerns-seriously.shtml#c128
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:15:21 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120719/16090619768/new-cybersecurity-bill-may-actually-take-privacy-concerns-seriously.shtml#c128The Internet has more security-SpamWare but it does not cure DiSTEMper.]]>There are easier and obvious solutionshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c105
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:12:14 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c105It's not that hard in 2014, and makes it even more obvious when people are skirting the laws and best practices.

Hell, it's not even about skirting laws and is more about just how likely these people are to be targeted and get viruses/information compromised, etc. You'd think these people would be vaguely more interested in their own safety and self-preservation.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1328
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:11:51 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1328Evidently the domain for the emailhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c94
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:10:36 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c94http://www.whois.com/whois/clintonemail.com

There goes the "just wanted to use the email address already knew" excuse...]]>